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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?
(a) Ballast.
(b) Mast.
(c) Pillar.
(d) Chattel.

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?
(a) Inferiority.
(b) Desolate.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Complexity.

3. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?
(a) "You were poor."
(b) "You were rich."
(c) "You were a man."
(d) "You were black."

4. What does the author refer to as "the crime of which I accuse my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "They have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives."
(b) "They have turned their backs on the people they needed the most."
(c) "They have isolated themselves and taken strides to keep themselves as such."
(d) "They refuse to accept the truth of the black man's superiority."

5. For what work is Homer most known?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) The Poet's Destiny.
(d) The Cave.

6. How does the author describe his father's life in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Ambitious.
(b) Impressive.
(c) Terrible.
(d) Bombastic.

7. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "I hope that you will forgive me."
(b) "God bless you, James, and Godspeed."
(c) "I will see you on the morrow."
(d) "I love you, dear James, and I send my love to the family."

8. What U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Andrew Johnson.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) James Buchanan.

9. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a small baby.
(b) He was an emaciated baby.
(c) He was a big baby.
(d) He was a mean baby.

10. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?
(a) "What America must become."
(b) "Better than it has ever been."
(c) "Great again."
(d) "A beacon of yesterday."

11. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?
(a) Truculent.
(b) Conclusive.
(c) Cautionary.
(d) Virulent.

12. What does the author claim the black man has functioned as in the white man's world in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) A token of inspiration.
(b) A feat to stand above.
(c) A fixed star.
(d) A slave.

13. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?
(a) "A part of the American Dream."
(b) "On a road to success."
(c) "On the road to failure."
(d) "A worthless human being."

14. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?
(a) "Your father."
(b) "Your ancestors."
(c) "White people."
(d) "Me."

15. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a seemingly self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated may proved to be true?
(a) Atonement.
(b) Malaprop.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Charles Dickens die?

2. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. Whom does the author describe watching learn to walk in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. What does the author claim to act is to be in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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